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It’s true, but social media is twisting what it means. The FORTRESS initiative is to keep military bases operational for 90 days w/out outside power, water, fuel, or supplies. The goal is to keep military operations running if cyberattacks or sabotage cripple critical infrastructure.

Elon Musk just gave Greg Abbott $5 million. Sounds like the Elon emails Abbott has been hiding must be more damning than we even knew.

Not ok.

HORRIFIC

ICYMI — CBS News(Max) deleted a tweet after @angieforfl.bsky.social called them out for mischaracterizing what she said about Cuba 🤔

The last time a Democrat won Georgia’s gubernatorial election, the average price of gas was $1.01 and George Clooney was the star of ER. Let’s contact Georgia voters and change that. 👇

🚨BREAKING: Democrats asked a federal judge Monday night for a restraining order and temporary injunction to halt President Donald Trump and his administration from interfering in the upcoming midterms. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS IN THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE ARE MIA…MISSING IN ACTION… @raskin.house.gov @robertgarcia.bsky.social @gregcasar.bsky.social @gallego.senate.gov @wyden.senate.gov @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social @captmarkkelly.bsky.social @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social DO SOMETHING, ANYTHING…NOW!

Bombshell: Greg Abbott’s senior team met secretly with Big Tech two days before the state made it easier and faster for data centers to connect to Texas’s electrical grid. In Greg Abbott’s Texas, billionaires come first and Texans come last.

He knows it's over.

TRUMP: “Have you seen the crowd outside? 22,000 people watching. We love you out there. They’re watching the Jumbotrons.” 📌 The entire population of Corinth, Mississippi, is approximately 14,000 people. The man can’t even lie right.

Water is a necessity for life, and rural Texans depend on their wells to survive. Yet Big Tech wants to build massive AI data centers that could drain the same aquifers our families and farmers rely on. We cannot allow billionaire corporations to put our drinking water at risk for their profits.

Life was already hard enough before Donald Trump lied us into war, before his tariffs made everything more expensive, and before he doubled your health insurance premiums and slashed Medicaid.

WHY IS THIS BEING ISSUED NOW? This is ringing alarm bells for me given the midterms are next week and God knows what this lunatic will try to do!!!

Two former Governors of South Carolina - one from each party - have endorsed Democrat Annie Andrews who is running against Sen. Darline Graham R-SC

We can't count on social media platforms controlled by MAGA billionaires to get out urgent alerts. As censorship of the No Kings Coalition Instagram account proved, Mark Zuckerberg's Meta may suspend or throttle accounts anytime.

www.cnn.com/2026/10/26/h... What the actual hell?! Where are the regulators!?

No lies detected 💥

You MUST read this brilliant essay by Judge J. Michael Luttig: newrepublic.com/article/2151...

TEXAS OHIO GEORGIA NORTH CAROLINA MICHIGAN IOWA ALASKA Are you in one of these states? Then you’ve got an extra important role to play to protect the results of the midterms. Let’s get into election protection formation.

My pal Danielle Koenig shared that her father Walter Koenig passed away last night at age 90. A performer whose kindness and warmth shone through the screen. He will be well remembered.

Yet another entrenched authoritarian defeated yesterday in Serbia. As the United States approaches a critical midterm election, Serbia shows that we can win despite uphill authoritarian conditions. It can be done. It takes all of us, especially young people. Timothy Snyder

I’m a White person who doesn’t want to live in a nation made up of nothing but White people. I have no interest in seeing us become a gated community of inbred, entitled supremacy that cuts itself off from an expansive world it believes itself superior to. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/im-a-white...

Before the Brazilian election where progressive Lula beat right-wing Bolsonaro, Meta is accused of disrupting Lula's Insta and WhatsApp accounts Meta blamed "technical difficulties" That would be more believable if similar incidents had not happened recently in the US Tech billionaires are evil

Ohio’s biggest newspaper broke its own rules to endorse Amy Acton, calling Ramaswamy’s vile attack ad disqualifying. “Using childhood sexual abuse as a weapon against the person who endured it crosses a line Ohioans should defend, whatever their party.” thedailybeast.com/trumps-maga-...

@whitehouse.senate.gov @vanhollen.senate.gov @schiff.senate.gov @warren.senate.gov @markwarner.bsky.social @raskin.house.gov @justinjpearson.bsky.social @ocasio-cortez.house.gov @repbeatty.bsky.social @repcasar.bsky.social @repcohen.bsky.social @repdean.bsky.social @reptedlieu.bsky.social DO IT!

Yesterday, Brazil and Serbia secured major wins for democracy. In 8 days, it’s our turn. #NoKings ❌👑

Yes, Slob Job, Nicki Minaj would make the perfect press secretary. Her husband is a registered sex offender convicted of rape who also served about 7 years for manslaughter. Her brother was convicted of sexually assaulting an 11-year-old child and is serving 25 years to life.

🗳 US friends: Have you voted absentee/by mail? The next step is to make sure your ballot was received. (I checked mine; they got it on Oct. 21!) Check it here: www.vote.org/ballot-track... If you think it might have gotten lost in the mail, contact your local registrar of voters/town clerk ASAP.

Meanwhile in Puerto Rico. ICE is ramping up its violent immigration raids in Puerto Rico, targeting Dominicans, Haitians, Venezuelans, and others who are part of the fabric of our community. Note: Every resident of Puerto Rico has U.S. citizenship. Who voted for this? Next time vote Blue!

Trump should be impeached — and real accountability will require more than impeachment.